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A waiter who manages wine service in a hotel or restaurant
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sommelier
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A sommelier ( or ; ), or wine steward , is a trained and knowledgeable wine professional, normally working in fine restaurants , who specializes in all aspects of wine service as well as wine and food pairing . The role is much more specialized and informed ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
wine waiter, 1889, from French sommelier "a butler," originally an officer who had charge of provisions (13c.), from somme "pack" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *salma , corruption of sagma "a pack-saddle," later the pack on the saddle (Isidore of Seville). ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A wine steward. The person at an expensive restaurant who keeps the wine cellar and advises guests on a choice of wines.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a waiter who manages wine service in a hotel or restaurant [syn: wine waiter , wine steward ]
Usage examples of sommelier.
From the wine riddler who turns the bottles in their cradles, to the wine pourer who allows credulous monkeys to taste little dollops prior to their purchase, to the sommelier who makes diners feel inadequate to the task of selecting their drinks, to the critic who compares the slight hint of chocolate to the subtle undertow of citrus and nutmeg, the field of wine is full of grapes.
Probably in the depths of the dungeon, there's a host of fuzzy-faced cooks working their heads off, and furry sommeliers decanting wine.
Some of the supplies come from my father's wine cellars -they would have your three-star sommeliers in raptures, I can tell you - some are gifts from foreign friends.